Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 11: AntiphonarycontributorDiane BiunnocatalogerNicholas HermanCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 11: Antiphonary are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 11: Antiphonary. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Third upper flyleaf is a parchment singleton, with a prominent stub visible against its recto sideDe Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2033, no. 47.Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Free Library, 1937), p. 15, no. 11.United StatesPhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaLewis E 1147This small format antiphonal of forty-nine folios includes only the antiphons for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Palm Sunday, and the Burial Service. It was written for use by friars officiating for the nuns of an unidentified convent dedicated to Saint Paul, as stated by the contemporary instructions for use written in Italian on the final folio.Latin; ItalianAntiphonaryformer ownerConvent of San Paoloformer ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932former ownerLewis, Anne Baker[On fol. XXXXVIIIIv, after instructions:] finis. 1496 [and in larger lettering below:] cum natus est no... ...stris natus est nobis. venite. A. ang.[Ir]Introit for the TransfigurationViderunt ingressus tuos......lux perpetua luceat eis.XXXXVIvAntiphon, Mass for the DeadIn paradisium deducant te......eternam habeas requiem.XXXXVIIIIrInstructions for use, in ItalianQuesto ordine infrascripto e quello ch'debeno tegneire li frati......cum oratione etcetera. finis. 1496.Inside back coverModern typewritten description and notations